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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT E. GOFF, OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

ROSETTE FOR JEWELRY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,251, dated January14, 1890.

Application iiled August 31, 1889. Serial No. 322,537. (No modelJ.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. GOEE, of North Attleborough, county ofBristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inRosettes for Jewelry, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication, like letters andgures on the drawings representin g like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction ofjewelry, whereby seeds maybe employed in lieu of jewels and noveleffects produced.

In accordance with this invention a back plate has arranged on itseveral independent settings, each adapted to hold a seed, said settingsbeing arranged in a row, and an ornamental or jeweled center-piece issecured to the back plate to form a rosette, to be used as an ornamentin jewelry or as abreastpin or otherarticle of jewelry. Sometimes two ormore rows of seeds are desired, and in such instance a second back plateis provided for the second row, it being secured in place on the firstback plate, one back plate being thereby necessary for each row ofseeds. The seeds will be varnished and polished, and various kinds maybe used to present various shapes and to lproduce different effects.

Figure l shows in plan view a rosette for jewelry embodying thisinvention; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the rosette shown in Fig. l, takenon the dotted line 0c Fig. 3, a plan view of the second back plate, andFig. 4 a plan view of one of the settings previous to having its prongsturned over to engage and hold the seed.

The back plate a, circular or other shape, and herein shown as scallopedand also as solid, has fastened to it by solder, rivets, or otherwiseseveral settings b, although said back plate may be otherwise formed.The settings b are made oval in shape, and have prongs 2, which may beoverturned when desired to engage and hold the oval-shaped seeds.l It' aseed be used which is circular in shape, the setting' will preferablyconform to it. The seeds, as c, are held in place in the setting and arevarnished, polished, and otherwise finished. The settings are hereinshown as arranged around the back plate a near the edge. A second backplate d is herein shown as secured to the back plate a, and 011 thelast-named back plate d settings are arranged substantially like thesettings b, and seeds are placed in them. A center-piece or ornament,preferably a jeweled ornament, is secured to the back plate or plates togive a finished appearance, t-hus completing the rosette. If desired,but one back plate, as a, need be employed, and hence but a single rowof seed settings, together with a centerpiece. The center-piece may be alarge seed or a single jewel, if desired.

The rosette thus described may be fastened to a bar or other piece, ormay be employed, as shown, for a breastpin or any other article ofjewelry.

A rosette for jewelry, comprising a back plate a, several independentsettings arranged on it, seeds held in place in said settings, and anornamental center-piece, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT E. GOFF.

Witnesses:

J oHN WARD, ABEL R. BLOCK.

